Flight Aviation Expo – October 2014

OCTOBER 31st – 2nd NOVEMBER 2014

The Flight Aviation Expo was held at the Palm Springs Convention Center between the 31st October and 2nd November 2014. This event was organised as a result of the AOPA not bringing back their annual event back to Palm Springs and was therefor a much smaller event. This year 22 Manufacturers and Owners were involved in the static display of aircraft with many more Pilots, Industry experts and Innovators taking part in the main hall. Many seminars and classes were also available.

One of the main attractions of events hosted at the Palm Springs Convention Center is the parade of planes through the streets as they make their way from the airport to their static display at the Convention Center.

Hundreds of people lined Alejo Road and Avenida Caballeros to watch the planes make their way to the convention center, where they remained until the Sunday and the close of the Aviation Expo when they made their way back to the Palm Springs International Airport.

STATIC DISPLAY EXHIBITORS

American Champion Aircraft

N949MW – Champion 8KCAB

Aviat Aircraft

N224WY – Aviat A-1C-200

Cirrus Aircraft

N108LW – Cirrus SR-22T

N621CF – Cirrus SR-22

Cutter Aviation

Cutter Aviation Sales had three Piper aircraft on display.

N546C – Piper PA-46 Mirage

N950T – Piper PA-46 Meridian

N962DA – Piper PA-46 Malibu

Eclipse Aerospace

N229BW – Eclipse 550 : Although originally built as an Eclipse 500 back in 2008 this has been rebuilt with the new 550 model specifications.

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

N591ER – Diamond DA-42 TwinStar

Epic Aircraft

N44GB – Epic LT

Lancair International

N424SM – Lancair Evolution

Palm Springs Air Museum

The Palm Springs Air Museum had three aircraft on display. Situated on North Gene Autry Trail and opposite the Terminal at the Palm Springs airport this museum is very much worth a visit. http://www.palmspringsairmuseum.org/

N163BP – Bell P-63 King Cobra : Originally delivered to the US Army Air Force in 1942 this King Cobra has been preserved since 1950 and has been present at the Palm Springs Air Museum since 1997.

N372C – NA T-28B Trojan

N63555 – Boeing Stearman

Paul Perthus

N4948A – Cessna 310R

Pilatus (Tempus Aircraft Sales)

N990AG – PC-12

Tamarack Air Ventures

N488S – Cessna 414 Chancellor

Tecnam

N532TA – Tecnam P.2006T

Velocity

N91VT – Velocity V-Twin

The Flight Aviation Expo will return to the Palm Springs Convention Center in October 2015.